Umbrella.



PATENTED JAN. 3,1905.

L. SGHULLER.

UMBRELLA.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.1, 190s.

QSHEETS-BHBET 1.

No. 779,241. PATENTED JAN; 3, 1905.

. .L.SGHULLER.

UMBRELLA.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.1, 1903.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED STATES Patented January 3, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

UMBRELLA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 779,241, dated January 3, 1905.

Application filed October 1, 1903. Serial No. 175,347.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known thatI, LEONHARD SOHULLER, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at Vienna, in the Province of Lower Austria, in the Empire of Austria-Hungary, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Umbrella and Like Frames; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has for its object an umbrella or like frame in which the usual central stick is replaced by two rods, each consisting of two parts hinged together in such a manner that these rods may lie together when extended or be opened out so as to form an irregular quadrilateral frame within which there is room for the head and headgear of the user.

The purpose of the invention is to simplify the manipulation of such frames and to impart increased strength thereto.

An umbrella-frame in accordance with this invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation thereof in the open condition, partly in section. Fig. 2is a plan view as seen from below, showing diagrammatically the arrangement of the ribs and their supports; and Figs. 3 to 9 illustrate details upon a larger scale. s

The umbrella-frame consists of the parts 1 2,which,on the one hand,are articulated to the point 3 of the umbrella-stick and,on the other hand, to the parts 4 and 5, which latter are jointed together in proximity to the handle 36 in such 'a manner that these parts may either be opened out and form an irregular quadrilateral, Fig. 1, or when the said parts 14 and 2 5, respectively, are extended to their full length they come to lie together and constitute a double stick. Upon each of the parts 4 5 is mounted a runner 6 and 7, respectively, for one-half of the short ribs or supports, these runners being held in the known manner in the open and closed positions and connected with the ribs 10 by means of the supports8 and 9. Upon each of these runners 6 7 a second runner 11 or 12 is slidable, this movement being limited in the downward direction when the umbrellais open by means of a crimp or protuberance l3 l4,formed on the runners 67. Upon these second runners supports 15 and 16, respectively, are pivoted and serve to reinforce the separate supports 8 and 9 and to prevent the umbrella from being turned inside out. This form of double support also tends to insure that the material shall fit well upon the frame. The position of the second runner when the umbrella is open is shown in Fig. 1 and when the umbrella is closed in Fig. 5. The arrangement of the supports is shown in Figs. 2, 6, and 7.

In order to retain the rods 1 2 4 5 securely in the open position, a bar 17 is employed which is pivoted upon a fixed point 18 of the rod 2, while its other extremity is articulated to a sleeve 19, slidable upon the rod 1.

The upward movement of the sleeve 19 is limited by a stop 20. The sleeve 19is held in position by means of a spring 21, attached thereto, this spring being formed with a slot 22. in which a nose 23 on the rod 1 engages when the umbrella is open, thus preventing the sleeve from sliding back. The extremity of thespring 21 is preferably of U form, its arms embracing two lugs 24, formed at the inner end of the tubular point 3 of the stick, between which lugs the rods 1 and 2 are pivoted. Owing to the formation of theselugs 24in one piece with the point 3, the requisite rigidity is obtained for the divided stick, so that the umbrella may be used as a walking-stick, for example.

In order to release the sleeve 19 without the employment of a special manipulation when the umbrella is closed, a cam 25 is mounted upon the lugs 24 within the arms of the U- shaped spring extremity, Fig. 4. This cam is connected, by means of a link 26, with one of the ribs 10. When the runners 6 and 7 are drawn down for the purpose of closing the umbrella, the rib 10 by the intermediary of the link 26 produces the rotation of the cam 25, which presses upon the spring 21 and disengages it from the nose, so that upon the closing together of the rods 4 5 the sleeve 19 is able to slide upon the rod 1 and the umi device to release the bar when the runners brella to close. (See Fig. 3, position indicated in broken lines.)

In order to hold the rods 1 2 and 4 5 together when the umbrella isclosed and permit of releasing them readily upon opening the umbrella, a locking device is provided on the rods 4 and 5 in proximity to the handle, Figs. 8 and 9. One part of this device consists of the fitting 28, mounted upon one of the handle portions 27, the upper end or cover of which littting adjacent to the handle member 36 is cut away, thus forming an opening 29, Fig. 8, in which engage hooks 30 on the under side of a spring-plate 31, mounted upon the said part 36. The plate 31 is maintained depressed by means of a spring 34, arranged between two pins 32 33 in the rod, the pin 32 being guided in longitudinal slots in the rod 5 and peri'nitting of the rising of the plate 31. In order to permit the parts 36 and 27 to come quite close together, the plate 31 is made of semicircular form on its side adjacent to the rod 4. A nose 35 permits of lifting the plate 31 by hand for the purpose of releasing the locking device. When this has been done, the runners 6 and 7 are pushed up for opening the umbrella and the rods 4 and 5 separated, thus forming an irregular quadrilateral frame, the sleeve 19 moving upward on the rod 1 until the nose 23 springs into the slot 22 of the spring 21. When the runners 6 and 7 move upward, the supports 8 and 9 spread the ribs 10, while the runners 11 12slide upon the first-named runners till they bear against the stops 13 and 14 and by means of the supports 15 16 reinforce the supports 8 9.

In order to close the umbrella, the runners 6 7 are first of all drawn down, whereupon the rib 10, connected with the cam 25, releases the spring 21, so that by pressing upon the two portions of the stick these may be brought together and the umbrella closed, and by the engagement of the locking-hooks 30 the rods 4 and 5 are held together.

I claim 1. An umbrella-frame comprising a stick composed of sections articulated together to spread and fold, alocking device automatically locking the said sections against folding when spread, and a releasing device operating automatically to unlock the stick-sections when the umbrella is being closed, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. An umbrella-frame, comprising a stick composed of a point and of members articulated together and to said point to spread and fold, a notch on said point, ribs pivoted to said notch, runners on two of the stick members and stretchers pivoted to said runners and ribs and operating to spread said ribs when said runners are moved toward the notch; in combination with a bar to lock the spread stick members against folding, a locking device to lock said bar and means actuating the locking are moved from the notch, substantially as set forth.

3. An umbrella-frame comprising a stick composed of a point and of members articulated together and to said point to spread and fold, a notch on said point, ribs pivoted to the notch, runners on two of the stick members, and stretcherspivoted to the runners and ribs to spread said ribs when said runners are moved toward the notch; in combination with a bar to lock the stick members against folding, a locking device for said bar, and means actuated by a rib and actuating said locking device to release the bar when the runners are moved from the notch, substantially as set forth.

4. An umbrella-frame comprising a stick composed of a point and of members articulated together and to said point to spread and fold, a notch on said point, ribs pivoted to said notch, runners on two of the stick members and spreaders pivoted to the runners and ribs to spread said ribs when said runners are moved toward said notch; in combination with a bar to lock the stick members against folding, a locking device for said bar, means actuating the locking device to release the bar when the runners are moved from the notch, a spring-latch on one of the runner members of the stick and a keeper for said latch on the companion runner member, for the purpose set forth.

5. An umbrella-frame comprising a stick composed of a point and of members articulated together and to said point to spread and fold, a notch on said point, ribs pivotally connected to said notch, runners on two of the stick members, stretchers pivoted to the ribs and runners, sleeves slidable on and with their respective runners and braces pivoted to said sleeves and stretchers, for the purpose set forth.

6. An umbrella-frame, comprising a stick composed of a'point provided with two lugs at its inner end, two short sections pivoted to said lugs and two longer sections respectively pivoted to said short sections, a notch on the point, ribs pivoted to said notch, a runner on each of the longer stick-sections and stretchers pivoted to the ribs and runners; in combination with a bar, a fixed pivot-pin on one of the short stick-sections, a slidable sleeve on the other short section to which pin and sleeve the ends of the bar are pivoted, a fixed catch on the last-named section, a slotted spring on said sleeve adapted to engage said catch and means operated by one of the ribs to move the aforesaid spring out of engagement with its catch when the runners are moved down their respective sections, for the purpose set forth.

7 An umbrella-frame, comprising a stick composed of a point having two lugs at its inner end, two short sections pivoted to said lugs and two longer sections respectively pivoted to said short sections, a notch on the point, ribs pivoted to said notch, a runner on each of the longer stick-sections and stretchers pivoted to the ribs and runners; in combination with a bar, a fixed pivot-pin on one of the shorter stick-sections, a slidable sleeve on the other short section to which pin and sleeve the bar is pivoted, a fixed catch on the last-named stick-section, a slotted spring connected to the slidable sleeve and adapted to engage said catch, a cam pivoted between the aforesaid lugs on the stick-point, said cam adapted to engage the free end of the aforesaid spring to disengage the same from its catch, and a link pivotally connected to said cam and to a proximate rib, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

8. The combination with the stick-point 3, the short stick-sections 1, 2, and the longer stick-sections 4, 5, articulated together and to said point as set forth, said point 3 provided with lugs at its inner end and section 1 having a fixed catch 23, the locking-bar l7, pivoted at one end to stick-section 2, a slidable sleeve on said section 1, to which the other end of said bar is pivoted, a slotted spring on aforesaid sleeve adapted to engage catch 23, said 7 spring having its free end U-shaped in section and straddling the lugs at the innerend of said point3 when the stick-sections are spread, a cam pivoted between said lugs and lying in the channel at the free end of said spring, and a link pivoted to the cam and to a proximate rib to cause said cam to impinge on the spring and move it out of engagement with its catch when the umbrella is being closed, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

9. An umbrella-frame, comprising a stick composed of a point, two short sections pivoted to said point and two longer sections respectively pivoted to said short sections, a notch on the point, ribs pivoted to said notch, a runner on each of the longer stick-sections and stretchers pivotally connecting each runner to a set of ribs; in combination with a sleeve slidable on and with each runner and braces pivotally connecting said sleeves to corresponding sets of stretchers, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEON HARD SCHULLER.

Witnesses:

GUs'rAv THILrPPrrsoH, ALVESTO S. HOGUE. 

